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Title: Study: People Who Consume Mostly Liberal or Mostly Conservative News Easily Reject Facts
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Free Thought Project
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/st ... cal-media/#OuehvoYWWQHvIPZo.99
Published: Aug 10, 2016
Author: Matt Agorist
Post Date: 2016-08-11 07:43:29 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 2074
Comments: 10
“Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both commonly succeed, and are right.” On a daily basis, the Free Thought Project is accused of being a conservative mouthpiece, funded and run by the Koch brothers. Also, on a daily basis, the Free Thought Project is accused of being a liberal mouthpiece, funded and run by George Soros. On a daily basis, these assertions are wholly and undeniably wrong. When there is a government boot on your neck, whether this boot is from the left foot or right foot is of no concern. The Free Thought Project does not keep it a secret that we hold no faith in the two-party political paradigm or process and we seek only truth and liberty for all. We believe in freedom — and we do not follow that statement up with the word ‘but.’ We want interracial transgendered couples to be able to cultivate their organic marijuana fields on solar powered tractors, armed with AR-15s, while blogging about being anti-war and against police brutality. Consequently, as a glaring new study illustrates, partisan media wants the exact opposite. The study, published in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, is titled, Driving a Wedge Between Evidence and Beliefs: How Online Ideological News Exposure Promotes Political Misperceptions. The study’s authors set out to determine if partisan media sources contribute to political ignorance — and they did just that. Data came from a three-wave panel study conducted during the 2012 presidential election. Participants were interviewed first during July-August 2012, a second time in August-October and a final time in November. A total of 652 nationally representative participants completed all three surveys, as noted by Ohio State University. “Partisan online media drive a wedge between evidence and beliefs,” said R. Kelly Garrett, lead author of the study and professor of communication at The Ohio State University. “The more people use these sources, the more likely they are to embrace false claims, regardless of what they know about the evidence,” he explained. The study found that both liberals and conservatives fell victim to disinformation from their perceived ‘unbiased’ sources. “What you believe isn’t just about what party you belong to. Where you get your news matters, too,” Garrett said. According to the study: The emergence of the Internet as a primary source of political information has transformed many Americans’ experience of the news, giving voice to previously marginalized political factions and creating outlets for explicitly ideological reporting (Stroud, 2011; C. Sunstein, 2001). This transformation has been accompanied by numerous high-profile misperceptions, such as erroneous beliefs about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and about the birthplace of President Obama (World Public Opinion, 2006; YouGov Staff, 2014). The possibility that these phenomena are related is troubling, but evidence for the relationship is limited and the processes by which it might occur are not well understood. This article further substantiates the idea that ideologically slanted online news use promotes misperceptions. The study focused on four misconceptions, or rather, untruths; two held prominently by liberals, and two held prominently by conservatives. The well-documented falsehoods that favor Republicans were the claims that President Obama was not born in the United States, and that there were weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in Iraq. The Democrat-favored misperceptions parallel these. One claim was critical of the 2012 Republican presidential candidate, suggesting that Mitt Romney actively managed Bain Capital when the firm started investing in companies that outsourced work abroad. The other claim concerned an assertion supporting a widely held Democratic policy position, namely that there was an immediate drop in marine life diversity in the Gulf of Mexico following the BP oil spill. ― H.L. Mencken, Minority Report
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Damnit, asshole….this is something I have been preaching to you for a very long time while you continuously search for articles that only support your agenda. There is YOUR takeaway from this article, Sport. That means REAL truth and not “truth” that your have programmed your mind to conceive as truth. Someday, you may learn to listen to me …
Once again, the forum asshole opens his arrogant, self-aggrandizing gaping maw and displays what a simplistic troll he is. Speaking of truth, you sure backed away from the facts I posted about your "boy" McStain. Truthseeker my ass. Do you hate waking up every morning when you can’t wait to search the internet for bad happenings along with the gloom and doom articles to post?
I just think they are a nutjob mouthpiece. They are like infowars. Even if they have an article I might find compelling, I just think, "no way I'm going to visit that loony bin." Obama has played at being a president while enjoying the perks … golf, insanely expensive vacations at tax-payer expense. He has ignored the responsibilities of the job; no plans, no budgets, no alternatives … just finger pointing; making him a complete failure as a president
Yeah real nutjobs. You and Gatslime are two peas in a pod, afraid of the truth. yes they are. And Bob Beckel is just an old fat drug addled leftard. Obama has played at being a president while enjoying the perks … golf, insanely expensive vacations at tax-payer expense. He has ignored the responsibilities of the job; no plans, no budgets, no alternatives … just finger pointing; making him a complete failure as a president
The Free Thought Project is an anti-government, anti-cop, anti-pharmaceutical, pro-gay, pro-drugs Libertarian website. Maybe they can try to refute that statement.
Do you know who Bud Day is? In case you don’t, he was McCain’s cell mate at the Hanoi Hilton. He knew McCain better than anyone. I did not click on your links because I have read all of them many times. Your post did prompt me to go back and again read and listen (YouTube) to what Bud Day had to say about McCain during their time together as POWs. That was enough for me …
Rep Bob "B1" Dornan and other vets expose McCain. Bob Dornan in 1957, and the F-100 with his name on the side. Bob Dorman....the boisterous former actor and television talk show host who had a flair for How long was Bob Dorman a POW in the Hanoi Hilton with John McCain? What did he actually see and hear first hand while he was there? Wait just a damn minute! Bob Dorman never was a POW in the Hanoi Hilton….was he? Bud Day was a POW in the Hanoi Hilton with John McCain….in fact, he was McCain’s cell mate. Between Bob Dorman and Bud Day, who knew more about what McCain did and didn’t do as a POW? Go figure…
Study: People Who Consume Mostly Liberal or Mostly Conservative News Easily Reject Facts
… and we seek only truth and liberty for all.
#2. To: Gatlin (#1)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#3. To: Deckard (#2)
#4. To: Deckard (#0)
#5. To: no gnu taxes (#4)
I just think they are a nutjob mouthpiece.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#6. To: Deckard (#5)
Yeah real nutjobs.
#7. To: Deckard (#0)
"On a daily basis, the Free Thought Project is accused of being a conservative mouthpiece, funded and run by the Koch brothers. Also, on a daily basis, the Free Thought Project is accused of being a liberal mouthpiece, funded and run by George Soros."
#8. To: Deckard (#2)
Born George Everett Day
(1925-02-24) February 24, 1925
Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.Died July 27, 2013(2013-07-27) (aged 88)
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, U.S.Resting place Barrancas National Cemetery,
Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
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U.S. Air Force (1951–77)
Iowa Air Nat'l Guard (1950–51)
U.S. Army (1946–49)
U.S. Marine Corps (1942–45)Years of service 1942 – 1977 (35 years) Rank 
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Partner, Day and Meade Law Firm
#9. To: Gatlin, Deckard, B1 Bob Dornan (#8)
Castle(C), Stein(G), Johnson(L)
#10. To: hondo68 (#9)
(Edited)
Rep Bob "B1" Dornan and other vets expose McCain.
the dramatic that drew him supporters and detractors well beyond his congressional districts.
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